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    PracticeGCP Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE)GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Practice Exam 4Question 40
    Hard1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 4.5: Managing networking resourcesDomain 4.5NetworkingIP AddressesCompute Engine

    GCP ACE · Question 40 · Domain 4.5: Managing networking resources

    You need to assign a permanent, public IP address to a Compute Engine instance running a legacy application. The IP address must not change even if the instance is stopped and started.

    Which TWO steps are required to accomplish this? (Select TWO)

    Answer options:

    A.

    Reserve a static external IP address in the same region as the instance.

    B.

    Reserve a static internal IP address.

    C.

    Edit the instance's network interface and assign the reserved static external IP.

    D.

    Configure Cloud NAT to map the instance to the public IP.

    E.

    Assign the 'Compute Network Admin' role to the VM's service account.

    How to approach this question

    Identify the process for assigning static public IPs to VMs.

    Full Answer

    Reserve a static external IP address in the same region as the instance., Edit the instance's network interface and assign the reserved static external IP.
    By default, VMs get ephemeral external IPs that change if the VM is stopped. To get a permanent IP, you must first reserve a Static External IP address in the specific region. Then, you edit the VM's network interface configuration to use that specific reserved IP instead of an ephemeral one.

    Common mistakes

    Confusing internal vs external IPs, or thinking Cloud NAT provides dedicated ingress IPs.
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